I'm tired of Comcast constantly ratcheting up their prices (e.g., my formally free converter box is suddenly a few bucks a month now). I'm up to $179 a month for basic cable, HD-DVR, Internet and phone ($139.99 + a bunch of bullshit taxes and fees).

U-verse just became available and has a similar package for $114. Can anyone share their experience of what that $114 turns into with all the taxes & fees added in?

Also, is U-verse service generally good? I'm fairly pleased with the service and reliability from Comcast (~20Mbps, no problems streaming YouTube or Amazon HD), so if I can negotiate down to a cheaper price I just may do that instead.

(just kidding about the annual poll thing - search turned up similar discussions 1 and 2 years ago, but nothing recent)

Uverse is hit or miss depending on where you live. It was beastly when I lived in the Heights. I would get insane speeds. We recently moved to the energy corridor and uverse where we're at blows ass. We were LUCKY if we got 1mb down and we were paying $60 a month for 10mb. We had tech's out about 5 times replacing hardware only to have them say, "Sorry, it's the best we can do". Finally we went to Comcast and we're now paying $27 a month for 25mb and we get great speeds consistently.

If you like comcast's service, call them and talk to them. They will put you on "special" plan for a year where you'll pay a discounted price. If they say no, tell them you're canceling and they do it. After that plan expires, call back and do it again. NEVER PAY FULL PRICE FOR CABLE OR INTERNET. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER PAY FULL PRICE.

It may have been something else messing with signal. I'm in the Energy Corridor as well, and my speeds have been nothing but fantastic the 2+ years I've had U-Verse here. The only gripe I have with them is the terrible upload speeds. It's fairly standard for most being around 1.5Mbps tho.

It's going to depend on where you live. I pay $33/month for U-Verse internet (24mbit). I don't have their TV service anymore. I have no problems with the service, but I call once a year and say "Comcast is offering XYZ promotional, can you match it?" and they give me another year of highest speeds for $33/month.

You're in a rare position of having 2 choices, play them against each other. Talk to your neighbors about their experiences with U-Verse.

I called AT&T a few weeks back asking about U-Verse availability where I live. To my dismay, they said it was only available bundled with home phone (I only want U-Verse and nothing else)--but having read your post, I think they weren't telling me the truth.

I had U-verse at my old apartment and switched to comcast when i moved. My comcast experience has been rocky at best as internet and on demand services go down nearly every night at peak hours. I never had this issue with ATT, though their internet was a tad slower. The service guys were great with ATT and gave me a personal business card to call back if anything went wrong. I have a comcast network tech coming to my place today to hopefully replace the main tap at our complex as apparently that is the main issue, but if it wasn't for the rockets i would have been back on Uverse a while ago. I will still switch back after the regular season if the tech doesnt fix our issues today.

I have Uverse. Service is pretty good and the TV user interface is light years ahead of Comcast. However, I do miss watching the Rockets and Astros. Especially this year with how good the Rockets are doing. One annoying thing is I have to call every six months or so and threaten to leave to stay with the intro rate. That way I get basic cable, HD channels, and pretty fast internet for 90 a month with taxes included. The calling once a month is really annoying though, you have to go through a few people before you get to customer retention, which can actually help you.

While I have a love/hate relationship with AT&T, I have to admit Uverse is pretty solid. I have accounts with them at my home and office. I recently renewed contracts with both lowering my monthly fees. I literally just called them on Tuesday regarding my account at home and got it lowered from $150 a month pre-tax, to $114 a month. That includes, U200 TV service, HD, a DVR and an extra box, and internet service (think I have the pro level, something like 12-18 down) I don't recall but it's plenty fast and consistent.

We had been having issues with the DVR freezing. I figured the HDD was going out. I scheduled a repair call the same day I renegotiated our fees. They came out the following day. The window was 12-4, they called at 4:00 and said the tech was running behind. He called a few minuted later and said he would arrive in about 30 minutes, which he did. He was fantastic. Replaced the modem, worked on the lines and some other stuff that was older (we've had Uverse since it first became available in the area). He even gave us his cell number in case we still had issues.

Everything is working perfectly and his awesome service made my stock in AT&T go up. I've only had one bad experience with an AT&T tech and that was when it was first being installed. Other than that, their repair/service guys are fantastic. Their phone support still leaves something to be desired if you get one of their offshore call centers, which you likely will at first.

Since we just redid our contract, I haven't received a bill at the new rate that would include taxes and fees. It was $150 before taxes and fees before--our total came to around $175/mo with taxes and fees. I would expect the new total will come out around $130-135.

Hmm, I don't use on-demand much but in my experience Comcast only has 3-4 episodes of recent shows and they are usually weeks behind (fortunately I only have to use it when my kids accidentally delete one of my shows).

I have never had Uverse, but at my old residence I did have a choice. When I see a thread like this, I go compare speeds/prices just out of curiosity. I originally went with Comcast because they had better internet speeds for the same price and that still seems to be true.

I pay $84 total for 50mbps and very basic cable. I could pay a bit less for no cable, but I read the other day that Comcast is going to double speeds again for some bundled plans to 100mbps (last year they doubled us from 25mbps), so I don't wanna change to the cheaper internet-only plan just yet. And really, that much speed isn't necessary for most people (my husband insists it is for us, so whatever).

Uverse has nothing in comparison to that. They have mildly comparable intro rates, but once those expire, the closest bundle I could get right now is $100 for 6mbps + basic cable unless I wanted to haggle my face off. And they have termination fees and contracts, I hate being locked into things. If we are looking at the same plans, your $114 goes up to $189 after that 2 year contract. So be prepared to do something about it.